Rome attributed its founding, religious institutions and early political organisation to seven kings. These mythical monarchs ...

Having pondered the traits that mark out those who reach the top of the tree and achieve greatness there, Mike Soutar – host ...

In January 1945, British commandos and Indian troops fought to cut a vital Japanese route through Burma. The struggle around ...

When he was captured by the Nazis in 1944, George Lascelles – the eldest nephew of King George VI – became one of Colditz ...

History's Greatest Dishes serves up a feast of facts about some of the past's most remarkable delicacies. Expect culinary ...

The origins of the Blue People of Kentucky go back to 1820, when a French immigrant named Martin Fugate came to the United States. Settling at Troublesome Creek, he married an American woman, ...

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The pope – the supreme pontiff, the Bishop of Rome, God’s representative on Earth – is the head of the Catholic Church worldwide, the leader of a faith with 1.2 billion adherents today. Modern popes ...

Grown in India and sold into China, opium generated substantial revenues for British rule – and much more Lin Zexu was a Chinese official acting on the behalf of the Qing dynasty emperor. In 1839, he ...